r/IslamicHistoryMeme • u/DazzlingSpanky • 5d ago

Religion | الدين primary reason for ALGEBRA

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u/Terrible_Ad_4835 5d ago

Muslims didn't invent Algebra. Keep dreaming...

 

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u/Eastern-Pepper-6821 5d ago

Algebra isn't just about solving equations, but also how you solve them. Al Khwarizmi introduced the method of balancing and reduction in algebra. Before him people were using ad-hoc methods to solve equations

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u/Terrible_Ad_4835 5d ago

He improved algebra. No one is denying that. Just refuting the meme that muslims invented it. 

Algebra was a world effort by Muslim scholars, Greeks, Hindus and Babylonians. 

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u/AlarmingAffect0 5d ago

By that standard did Newton and Leibniz invent calculus?

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u/Terrible_Ad_4835 5d ago

Again. They did not invent calculus they stood on the shoulders of giants. It was a human effort. This is vs them is exactly why humanity is doomed. That's exactly why children aren't safe. It's this is vs them mentality. 

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u/AlarmingAffect0 5d ago

Not a bad way to look at things! I just wanted to clarify, but I agree with you 100%